Kerne's Craft Organic Cider
(known as Kelty's) is a different drink in every respect from the non-organic version
which has the Kerne brand name on the label. Since Kerne is keeping the price for organic similar to the non-organic, I can only
assume then that the varieties of apples used in the organic are a cheaper sort whose price then subsequently gets jacked up
because of the costlier expenditures associated with organic
farming.

Avg price/liter: USD 10.66

ABV %: 4.5

Type: Cider

Everyone is into organic
these days. We know pesticides, herbicides, fungicides
ain't doing our bodies any good. Alcohol doesn't
either, but we can always convince ourselves to drink just
one more if the drink is at least organic.

When I originally ordered
this organic dry cider, noting it had the same ABV as the
non-organic dry, I wondered if Kerne grew similar varieties
of apples in both organic and non-organic varieties.
This would actually be a stupid idea, because if the two
ciders did taste substantively similar, it would defeat the
purpose of having an organic cider at all.

The organic version, which has the name Kelty's instead of Kerne on the label, doesn't incur a price premium. Quite the
opposite actually. I was able to initially get the Dry Cider, the Sweet Cider, and the Organic Cider for about $6 per 750 ml
bottle. Loving them all, I eagerly went in for reorders while the price was more than halved. In the interim, the Dry Cider
had climbed by 30%. The organic dry remained at discount levels.

Kerne's Craft Organic Cider
(known as Kelty's) is a different drink in every respect from the non-organic version
which has the Kerne brand name on the label. Kerne must grow a certain types of its more than 20 varieties of apples organic. The rest are grown
with the chemicals and sprays. When it comes time to craft a cider by mixing together the
different juices, the organic Kelty's
can only include the apple varieties grown organically.

Since Kerne is keeping the price for organic similar to the non-organic, I can only
assume then that the varieties of apples used in the organic are a cheaper sort whose price then subsequently gets jacked up
because of the costlier expenditures associated with organic
farming.

Kerne Craft Organic Cider
isn't a better drink or a worse drink. We'll leave it
as just a different drink, but another in the Kerne family
that goes down the gullet with a smile on the face.